Volvo debuted the Heico Sportiv/Burton Snowboard C30 — one of the automaker’s customized C30 hatchbacks — today at the SEMA show. The Heico/Burton C30 is joint collaboration of Heico Sportiv, the premier Volvo tuner in Europe, and Burton Snowboards, and promises to be the “ultimate lifestyle vehicle.”
This C30 is designed for those consumers with an […]

Ford announced today at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show that its legendary 5.0L 302 cubic inch V8 engine will return for aftermarket. Ford will produce a new line of BOSS 302 crate engines, which will go on sale in early 2007. The automaker also unveiled a custom Mustang at SEMA showcasing the engine.
Debuting […]

In addition to General Motors lineup of customized trucks and SUV, the automaker will bring a collection of customized passenger cars to this week’s SEMA show. Most of the cars will be customized Buick Lucernes, including the Lucerne CST by Stainless Steel Brakes Corp, Lucerne LUX SS by Trents Trick Upholstery, Lucerne QuattraSport by Performance […]

Along with the Ford Expedition Funkmaster Flex Concept, Ford will also be bringing on bringing two customized Edges, one by 3dCarbon (shown) and the other by H&R Special Springs; a 3dCarbon Lincoln MKX; a Lincoln MKZ by 3dCarbon and finally a turbocharged all-wheel drive Fusion.
The three created by 3dCarbon have an emphasis on refinement and […]

Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) will unveil the Viper Venom 800R at this week’s SEMA Show. Decked out in screaming yellow paint, the Viper Venom 800R is powered by a massive 9.5L 810-hp with a matching 810 lb.-ft. of torque. As expected 810-hp reseults in amazing performance — 0-60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds, and […]

ROUSH Performance, one of the leading Ford tuners, has put together three performance kits for Shelby GT500, which will offer up to 700 horsepower.
The upgrades start will a simple addition of a Cold Air Kit with a new calibration which adds 45 horsepower. The next step is the 2.3L blower package which delivers an additional […]

Automotive customizer HAMANN has revealed a tuning kit for the BMW Z4 M Coupe. HAMANN adds an aggressive new front spoiler, side skirts with new air intakes on the rear fenders, rear diffuser, and quad exhaust tips. Out back, the Z4 M Coupe get two spoilers with one sitting on top of the tailgate and […]

Swiss Porsche tuner Rinspeed has created an appearance kit for the Porsche Cayman to create the Rinspeed Imola. The Cayman based Rinspeed Imola features an effect-orange color paint schemewith a checkered hood, a deeper front skirt, carbon air intakes with integrated parking lights, new side skirts, and rear apron with a carbon diffuser. The Rinspeed […]

German tuner BRABUS is releasing another one of its Mercedes tuning kits, this time releasing packages for the 2007 CL-Class coupe. For the CL 600, BRABUS bumps deisplacement of the stock 5.5L V12 to 6.3L to crank output up to 730-hp and an electronically limited 738 lb.-ft. of torque. All this power will drive the […]

Tuner Saleen, one of the leading Ford customizers, said that it is open to working with automakers other than Ford. “It has to make business sense and fit in with our philosophy and appropriate branding, but we’re looking at other opportunities and only time will tell,” said Steve Saleen, owner of Saleen.
In an interview with […]